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| 1986 Honda Civic 1.5L Misfire VIN: JHMAN5521G Need some help with this antique. Friend of mine took his car to the local import guru and was told that his misfire under load had something to do with the 'jet valves' being carboned up. I don't know how this system works. Could somebody explain it to me. Al... |
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| 1988 Honda Accord DX 2.0L No Start, Cuts out, Stall VIN: IHGCA6281J vehicle came from other shop and they had done the related repair history above. that is why module has ? by it i am not sure which module was replaced. came to us as no start but started in bay but ran very poor with misfire. we ended up redoing tune up many ... |
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| 2004 Honda Accord LX 2.4L Starting system VIN: 1HGCM72294 This is my fiancee's car and it only happens with her. She says that when she gets into the car, she sticks the key into the ignition and turns it to start position and nothing happens for a split second, then it starts turning over very slowly (like a low bat... |
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| 1995 Lexus SC400 4.0L Unknown VIN: UTE4230C95 hi all posting this for a friend he did a head gasket job after a hose failure on freeway cause a minor meltdown they surfaced heads and used factory gaskets but now there is coolant getting in oil is there any problems with cracks with these heads our guy tes... |
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| 1997 Lexus ES300 3.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: JT8BF22G9V Car came in with code 420. Replace converter with Bosal aftermarket converter. Car was fine for 6 months, about 3,000 miles. Light came back on, same code. Replace both 02 sensors.light was off for 1 week. Light back on again same code (420). Car runs fine. fu... Trouble codes: 420 (catalyst system efficiency below threshold) |
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| 1990 Mazda B2200 2.2L MIL Lamp on VIN: JM2UF1239L Mil on and no code . Alldata says Mil also used for a maintance Light and reconnect service wires under left side of dash to reset. Cannot find connectors or wires. Does this Calf. model have this system???or is the reset somewhere else.THANKS |
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| 1994 Mazda Miata 1.8L Lifters VIN: JM1NA3532R Hello fellow Techs, I need some help from you Mazda guys, I have this Miata that has noisy lifters, I replaced all the lifters and all was quiet, a couple thousand miles later noise is back, oil level full and clean, sounds like maybe one or two lifters are ma... |
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| 1998 Mazda Protege DX 1.5L MIL Lamp on VIN: JM1BC141XW This code P0705 comes on intermitantly,on the scan tool it shows the transmission in the different positions,and neutral switch functions properly,cannot seem to find any other info on this code,any help would be appriciated. Trouble codes: P0705 |
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| 2000 Mazda Protege DX 1.6L Hesitation VIN: JM1BJ2221Y hi all. thanks in advance for any pointers.scanned and found code p0123. tps circut high. cleared code and it did not return. i drove the car for 7 miles. no code. parked and put into reverse. slight throttle and boom ENGINE light comes on with od off light fl... Trouble codes: P0123 (tps circut high) |
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| 2001 Mazda Millenia 2.3L Hesitation, Cuts out, MIL Lamp on, tcs off & tcs VIN: JM1TA22211 After vehicle warms up and driven [does not happen in the shop] the first indication of a problem is the TCS Off Light illuminates--then the TCS Light comes on--.After these lights appear the vehicle cannot be driven over 2000 RPM as it starts surging as cutti... |
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| 1994 Mitsubishi 3000GT 3.0L Engine VIN: JA3AM64JRY This car has a problem with the timing belt loosening up. Apx 2 months after a used engine was installed, the car returned with what sounded like intermittent piston slap. Further inspection revealed a jumped timing belt. This is an interference engine accordi... |
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| 1998 Nissan Sentra 1.6L No Start VIN: 3N1AB41D5W Car was towed in for a no start. We were able to start it although the it acted like it was flooded. We test drove the vehicle twice and have tried to start it several times and it works every time. I called the customer and she said this has happened three ti... |
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| 1998 Nissan Quest XE 3.0L doorlocks&powerwindows VIN: 4NZZN1110W doorlocks powerwindows not working alarm not working inter. when alarm works every thing works does the smart entrance control unit control all this equipment |
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| 1996 Suzuki Baleno 1600CC Rear Prop Shaft VIN: GD31W10188 The vehicle is a Japanese import in New Zealand, badged in Japan as a "Cultus Crescent", a 5 Door station wagon. The vehicle is full time constant 4WD. The rear driveshaft between the rear of the gearbox and rear diff contains a "viscous coupling". This appear... |
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| 1987 Toyota 4Runner SR5 2.4L lack of power VIN: JT4RN62SXH Hi everyone, I'm testing the air flow meter on this vehicle and the final step in the "unit removed tests" is to check resistance between E2 and Vs while opening the air door. Should the resistance climb steadily until reaching a maximum reading at wide open o... |
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| 1997 Toyota Corolla 1.6L Excessive Emissions VIN: 1NXBA02E9V This vehical runs rich , has no codes, fuel presure and volume is in spec. Ignition sistem is working as it shod. puled up normal scan data values, off alldata and all info was with in specs. we performed other test with labscope tps, map, we did a injector am... |
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Fixes & Summaries for Asian
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| 2000 Daewoo Lanos S 1.6L Misfire VIN: KLATF69YEY i had a bad CAS due the vaoltage of the battery was about 16 volts,the alternator was pretty bad i had to replace it too. I didn`t have system in my country so, i couldn`t write sooner, |
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| 1998 Infiniti QX4 3.3L first gear idle VIN: JNRAR05Y5W Hello, thank you to the two that tried to help me. One said there was a TSB on the TPS I was not able to find it and TPS looked Good at All times. Other suggested torque converter. which might have been but I looked further into this problem before I made that... |
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| 1991 Isuzu Stylus XS 1.6L Poor Idle Quality, Surge VIN: JABRT5354M There were three replies, one thought I was working on a pickup, not...the other was warning me off of a particular rebuilder for ECM's, the third reply recommended TB and IAC cleaning and checking for intake vacuum leaks and basic TB setting, which I had alre... |
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| 1993 Lexus ES300 3.0L inst cluster VIN: JT8VK13T6P My reason for not fixing the vehicle is that the customer has declined the repairs suggested by this site. Those repairs were, in my opinion, were excellent alternatives for they were not terribly expensive and returned the instrument cluster to oem performa... |
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| 1995 Mitsubishi Montero SR 3.5L No Start VIN: JA4MR51M1S Dear Group, I Want to start out by saying thank you for all the responses .I know we all are very busy but to take time out for a fellow tech is awesome. I also want to especially thank Jeff Broderick from Chevron Automotive Service in California who took th... |
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| 2000 Nissan Maxima GLE 3.0L climate control VIN: JN1CA31DXY I had 3 replies. Thank you. Victor from Trinidad and Tobago thought it may be a fuseable link. Shawn from Mass. and Michael from Calif. both agreed that the ambient temp readings would prevent the AC from operating. Michael told me it was located in front of t... |
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| 2002 Subaru Impreza RS 2.5L reverse thanks everybody for your help.came out ok after dealer getting wrong parts 3 times, used big ol channel lock pliars for 50 mm nut. coulda made some money on it if i had right parts the first time lol |
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| 1988 Toyota Pickup DLX 2.4L Poor Fuel Economy, Poor acceleration VIN: JT4RN67P1J Super kudos to Dave [...] for writing back so quickly with 'the fix'. Sure enough, TPS idle switch was not closed. It appears someone previously tried to adjust the idle by moving the base idle setting. A clue to this should have been in the pr... |
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| 1996 Toyota Camry DX 2.2L lights on warning buzzer VIN: 4T1BG12K4T Thanks again for all the replys,There wasn't any injformation on this anywhere. None of the locale dealers could tell me the name of the device that controled the light warning buzzer. |
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| 1999 Toyota Land Cruiser 4.7L height control VIN: JTFHT05J41 Hi everybody, sorry for the delay but because of Easter holidays, i got the rear height sensor bad, after replacing it all is well, thanks for all who helped me and special thanks for Reinhard who directed me to the point. Best regards. |
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